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Sunday, November 7, 2010

I. One essay in 200 words, out of a choice of two, from lessons in Module 1. (Weightage:4)II. One essay in 200 words, out of a choice of two, from Module 2. (Weightage: 4) III. Six paragraph questions to be answered in 80 words (Weightage: 6x 2 = 12)IV. Four bunches of four questions each (from both modules). (Weightage: 4x 1 = 4)V. Six short questions, at least three from each module. (Weightage: 6 x 1 = 6)

MODEL QUESTION PAPER: LITERATURE AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES

Time: 3 hrs. Total

Weightage: 30

I. Answer any one of the following in 200 words: (Weightage: 4)1. Bring out the difference between globalization and internationalism.2. What was the impact of globalization on Indian farmers?

II. Answer any one of the following in 200 words: (Weightage: 4) 3. Aruna’s sufferings as a woman?4. Write an essay on domestic violence and its victims.

III. Answer six of the following in 80 words each (Weightage: 6X 2: 12)5. Who are the critics of globalisation? What are their comments?6. Attitude of the Government to Cotton and Sugar farming.7. Indian PM’s American visit8. Aruna’s father-in-law.9. Any instance of domestic violence that you have read about or witnessed10. Precautions suggested in the case of the nuclear war

C. How much food was rotting? (i) 25 million tons (ii) 2 million tons(iii) 5 million tons(iv) none of these

D. Devinder Sharma taken by surprise because(i) the PM called him(ii) the PM’s visit was downplayed (iii) the BBC presenter shifted from an interview with Beckham to him. (iv) None of these.

V. Answer the six short questions: (Weightage: 6 x 1 = 6)

14. Name a book by Amartya Sen. 15. Which organization did the PM address in the US?16. How does the US restrict trade from developing countries?17. What are the different sources of violence?18. What is the subject matter of Arundhati Roy’s essay?19. Why are we called gullible subjects?